Nick Leddy

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Nick Leddy
Date of birth March 20, 1991
place of birth Eden Prairie , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position defender
number # 2
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2009 , 1st round, 16th position
Minnesota Wild
Career stations
2006-2009 Eden Prairie Eagles
2009-2010 University of Minnesota
2010-2014 Chicago Blackhawks
since 2014 New York Islanders

Nick Leddy (born March 20, 1991 in Eden Prairie , Minnesota ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League since October 2014 . The defender had previously spent four years with the Chicago Blackhawks and won the Stanley Cup with the team in 2013 .

Career

Nick Leddy played ice hockey with the Eden Prairie Eagles , the high school team of Eden Prairie High School , in the United States high school league system from 2006 to 2009 during his junior years . After completing his high school career, Leddy won the annual Minnesota Mr. Hockey award , which honors the best high school player in the US state of Minnesota , in calendar year 2009 . He was then selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft 2009 in 16th position by the Minnesota Wild . He spent the 2009/10 season at the University of Minnesota and played for their ice hockey team, the Golden Gophers , in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In February 2010, the Minnesota Wild gave his NHL rights and Kim Johnsson to the Chicago Blackhawks off to Cam Barker to acquire.

Nick Leddy in the jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks

In July 2010 Leddy signed his first professional contract with the Blackhawks, which was valid for three years. On October 7, 2010, he made his debut playing against the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League . Four days later, Leddy scored his first goal in the NHL when he beat Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabers with a flat wrist shot. On October 17, 2010 he was sent to the farm team at the Rockford IceHogs in the American Hockey League , for which he was then regularly used. In January 2011 Leddy was called back to the Blackhawks' NHL squad.

After four years in Chicago (and winning the Stanley Cup in 2013), the Blackhawks handed him over to the New York Islanders in October 2014 to meet the salary cap . In return, the Islanders transferred Ville Pokka , TJ Brennan and the rights to Anders Nilsson to Chicago.

International

Leddy represented his home country at the 2011 U20 World Junior Championship and won the bronze medal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2006/07 Eden Prairie Eagles USHS 28 2 16 18th 10 - - - - -
2007/08 Eden Prairie Eagles USHS 27 6th 22nd 28 14th - - - - -
2007/08 USA Hockey NTDP NEAR 4th 0 2 2 - - - - -
2008/09 Eden Prairie Eagles USHS 31 12 33 45 26th - - - - -
2008/09 Team Southwest UMHSEL 24 9 11 20th - - - - -
2009/10 University of Minnesota WCHA 30th 3 8th 11 4th
2010/11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 46 4th 3 7th 4th 7th 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Rockford IceHogs AHL 22nd 2 8th 10 2 - - - - -
2011/12 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 3 34 37 10 6th 1 2 3 0
2012/13 Rockford IceHogs AHL 31 3 13 16 12 - - - - -
2012/13 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 6th 12 18th 10 23 0 2 2 4th
2013/14 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 82 7th 24 31 10 18th 1 4th 5 6th
2014/15 New York Islanders NHL 78 10 27 37 14th 7th 0 5 5 0
2015/16 New York Islanders NHL 81 5 35 40 25th 11 1 3 4th 0
2016/17 New York Islanders NHL 81 11 35 46 12 - - - - -
2017/18 New York Islanders NHL 80 10 32 42 20th - - - - -
2018/19 New York Islanders NHL 82 4th 22nd 26th 18th 8th 1 0 1 0
US high school total 86 20th 71 91 50 - - - - -
AHL total 53 5 21st 26th 14th - - - - -
NHL overall 660 60 224 284 123 80 4th 16 20th 10

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2011 United States U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 6th 0 3 3 0
Juniors overall 6th 0 3 3 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Nick Leddy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. minnesotaminutemen.com, Minnesota Mr. Hockey Award winners